McCarthy: We’vebeen underdogsfrom the start

After the 2-0 defeat to Switzerland in Geneva on Tuesday, Mick McCarthy has no hesitation in saying that Ireland were beaten by “the best team in the group”.

It follows then that Ireland’s next and last opponents in Group D must be the second-best, not that the manager thinks it will be a whole lot easier for the home side when the Danes — who, of course, got the better of the Swiss in Copenhagen last Saturday — come to the Aviva next month.